A study of the T = 32 states of 17O

A study of the T = 32 states of 17O

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OF

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170

C. D E T R A Z * and H. H. DUHM Max-Planck-lnstitut fi~r Kernphys ik , Heidelberg, Germany Received 5 M a r c h 1969

Eight analogue T = { excited states in 170 have been identified with the 180(3He, Ot)170 reaction at E(3He) = 16 MeV. The l - t r a n s f e r values and spectroscopic factors are presented for four of these states.

In r e c e n t y e a r s , m u c h i n f o r m a t i o n . h a s b e e n o b t a i n e d c o n c e r n i n g t h e l o c a t i o n s and, to a l e s s e r e x t e n t , t h e s p i n s and p a r i t i e s of h i g h - i s o s p i n s t a t e s in light n u c l e i [1]. A s f o r the T = {, A = = 17 s t a t e s , s o m e 24 s t a t e s in 17N(Tz =~ ) [2], 5 s t a t e s in 1 7 0 ( Tz = ½) [3], 4 s t a t e s in 17F (T z = ½) [4] h a v e b e e n l o c a t e d so f a r ; the f o u r t h m e m b e r of t h e i s o b a r i c q u a d r u p l e t , 17Ne ( T z = = - {), h a s b e e n c h a r a c t e r i z e d a s a b e t a - d e l a y e d p r o t o n e m i t t e r and an a p p r o x i m a t e v a l u e of i t s m a s s (~:250 MeV) h a s b e e n o b t a i n e d [5]; t h e s p i n s and p a r i t i e s of t h e two l o w e s t - l y i n g T = {, A = 17

60

65 T

- - T

s t a t e s a p p e a r to be u n a m b i g u o u s l y c h a r a c t e r i z e d a s ½- and { - r e s p e c t i v e l y [6]. In o r d e r to o b t a i n m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n about t h e l o c a t i o n s , s p i n s and p a r i t i e s of the T = 5 a n a l o g u e s t a t e s of 1 7 0 , we h a v e s t u d i e d t h e 1 8 0 ( 3 H e , a ) 1 7 0 r e a c t i o n . T h e a d v a n t a g e of u s i n g t h i s r e a c t i o n f o r t h e study of the T = ~ s t a t e s is t h a t the Q v a l u e i s c l o s e to 0 MeV w h i c h p r o v i d e s a l m o s t optimal momentum matching conditions. Conseq u e n t l y the s t r o n g a n a l o g u e t r a n s i t i o n s should exhibit pronounced diffraction patterns allowing t h e d e t e r m i n a t i o n of t h e t r a n s f e r r e d a n g u l a r

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m o m e n t u m . In a d d i t i o n to the l = 1 t r a n s i t i o n s , one e x p e c t s to o b s e r v e p o s i t i v e p a r i t y T = s t a t e s , s i n c e the 1 8 0 g r o u n d s t a t e i s known to h a v e s i z a b l e p r o t o n p a r t i c l e - h o l e c o m p o n e n t s [8]. The e x p e r i m e n t w a s p e r f o r m e d w i t h a 16 MeV 3He b e a m f r o m the H e i d e l b e r g EN T a n d e m Van de G r a a f f a c c e l e r a t o r and a b r o a d r a n g e m a g n e t i c s p e c t r o g r a p h f o r the a n a l y s i s of the a p a r t i c l e s . T h e t a r g e t s w e r e m a d e by e v a p o r a t i o n of about 80 / ~ g / c m 2 of t u n g s t e n on a 30 / ~ g / c m 2 c a r b o n b a c k i n g and o x y d a t i o n of the t u n g s t e n in an 1 8 0 atmosphere. The targets contained typically 10 g g / c m 2 of 1 8 0 and about 6 ~ g / c m 2 of 1 6 0 , t h e r a t i o of the two i s o t o p e s b e i n g d e t e r m i n e d by a study of e l a s t i c s c a t t e r i n g . Fig. 1 presents a typical a-particle spectrum at f o r w a r d a n g l e s . T h e T = ~ l e v e l s a r e i d e n t i f i e d t h r o u g h the u s u a l c r i t e r i a of the e n h a n c e d e x c i t a t i o n and n a r r o w l i n e width a s c o m p a r e d to the w e a k l y e x c i t e d n e i g h b o u r i n g T = ½ s t a t e s and by t h e i r e n e r g y c o r r e s p o n d e n c e w i t h the p a r e n t s t a t e s in 17N. T h e e n e r g y c a l i b r a t i o n w a s p r o v i d e d by the l o c a t i o n of n e i g h b o u r i n g 1 5 0 s t a t e s r e s u l t i n g f r o m the 1 6 0 c o n t a m i n a n t in t h e t a r g e t . 30

0.8 0.695

T h e e x c i t a t i o n e n e r g i e s of the 1 5 0 s t a t e s w e r e t a k e n f r o m the c o m p i l a t i o n of W a r b u r t o n et al. [9], and f r o m s o m e m o r e r e c e n t d a t a [10]; t h e y a r e a c c u r a t e to within a few keV o r l e s s . T a b l e 1 l i s t s the p o s i t i o n s of the o b s e r v e d T = ~ s t a t e s in 170. F o r c o m p a r i s o n w i t h the 17N l e v e l s c h e m e , the c o r r e s p o n d i n g e n e r g y d i s t a n c e s to the l o w e s t T = ~ s t a t e s in 1 7 0 and 17F a r e a l s o given. The l a b e l l i n g of i s o b a r i c m u l t i p l e t s f r o m 0 to 10 a c c o r d i n g to the known 17N s t a t e s is o n l y f o r the s a k e of c l a r i t y . T h e o r d e r i n g of l e v e l s in 1 7 0 m i g h t be r e v e r s e d when l e v e l s a r e v e r y c l o s e , a s f o r the 2 - 3 and 5-6 d o u b l e t s . Fig. 2 s h o w s the a n g u l a r d i s t r i b u t i o n s of the 1 7 0 a n a l o g u e s t a t e s and, f o r c o m p a r i s o n , of s o m e 1 5 0 s t a t e s e x c i t e d in t h e s a m e e x p e r i m e n t . F o r l = 0 and l = 1 t r a n s f e r s , the 1 5 0 and 1 7 0 a n g u l a r d i s t r i b u t i o n s a r e quite s i m i l a r . T h e s h a p e of the l = 2 a n g u l a r d i s t r i b u t i o n s i s l e s s c h a r a c t e r i s t i c , but it h a s b e e n shown [7] t h a t the e x c i t a t i o n f u n c t i o n s of the l = 2 t r a n s i t i o n s in 1 6 0 ( 3 H e , a ) 1 5 0 e x h i b i t f l u c t u a t i o n s at f o r w a r d a n g l e s for i n c i d e n t 3He e n e r g i e s c l o s e to 16 MeV. T h e D W B A c a l c u l a t i o n s fit the l = 0 and l = 1 d i s -

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Table 1 Summary of the properties of the T =-32, A = 17 levels including the locations, spins, parities and spectroscopic factors obtained in the present 180(3He,a)170 experiment. Ex [keVl in 170 Energy distance [MeV] to the lowest T=~state in spin spectroscopic and factor state this previous no. experiment value [3] 17N(Tz -_ 3_) 2 [2] 170(Tz = ½) 17F(Tz = _ ½)b) In-transfer parity C2S 0

11082±

6

11075-6

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0.00

0.00

1

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12469~-5

1.37

1.389

1.360

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0.49 0.27

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0.096

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0.39

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8

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1.85

1.868

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1.91

1.912

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4.47

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1.865

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4.019

a) No evidence was found for the excitation of these levels at the expected excitation energies, b) F r o m the compilalation of ref. 1. c) Spin assignments f r o m ref. 6. t r i b u t i o n s of 1 7 0 q u i t e w e l l . T h e l = 2 fit i s l e s s satisfactory. T h e s p e c t r o s c o p i c f a c t o r s shown in t a b l e 1 were calculated assuming a spectroscopic factor C2S = 4 f o r t h e 6.18 MeV p , h o l e s t a t e in 150. A s e x p e c t e d [11] t h e low~est a n a l o g u e s t a t e A o c o n t a i n s a l a r g e f r a c t i o n of t h e p~ s t r e n g t h . H o w e v e r , t h e s p e c t r o s c o p i c f a c t o r C 2 S = 0.49 l i e s s o m e w h a t b e l o w t h e s u m r u l e l i m i t C2S (T =~ )=~ f o r an i n e r t 1 6 0 c o r e , e v e n though the u s u a l DWBA p r o c e d u r e of v a r y i n g t h e w e l l depth of t h e bound s t a t e p o t e n t i a l often o v e r e s t i m a t e s t h e s p e c t r o s c o p i c f a c t o r s f o r t h e a n a l o g u e s t a t e s [13]. T h e t r a n s i t i o n to the ~ - A 1 s t a t e c a r r i e s r o u g h ly one fifth of t h e p o s s i b l e p , s t r e n g t h . T h e r e f o r e , t h i s l e v e l m a y be i d e n t i f i e d ~ts a p r e d o m i n a n t l y [180~.+, ( p , ) - i ] 4 _ s t a t e a s p r e d i c t e d by t h e o r e t i c a l calcu'katlons [11,12]. T h e r e m a i n i n g p~ s t r e n g t h w o u l d be e x p e c t e d at h i g h e r e x c i t a t i o n e n e r g i e s . H o w e v e r , t h e p r e s e n c e of e l a s t i c a l l y s c a t t e r e d 3 H e - p a r t i c l e s p r e c l u d e d t h e o b s e r v a t i o n of a p a r t i c l e g r o u p s in t h i s r e g i o n . T h e l a r g e v a l u e s of t h e s p e c t r o s c o p i c f a c t o r s for the positive parity states imply a relatively l a r g e a m o u n t of 2 p - 2 h p r o t o n c o n f i g u r a t i o n in t h e 1 8 0 g r o u n d s t a t e w a v e function. T h i s i s c o n s i s t e n t with the r a t h e r s m a l l s p e c t r o s c o p i c f a c t o r o b s e r v e d f o r t h e ½- A o s t a t e . T h e r a t i o of 2s½ to l d ~ s t r e n g t h s e e m s v e r y r e a s o n a b l e ; it i s s i m i l a r to t h e r a t i o of 2s,_ and ld_~ n e u t r o n c o m p o n e n t s in 1 8 0 , a s calcul~tted by 17~edlich [14] a n d Kuo and B r o w n [15]. •

~

°

.

T h e w e a k A3, A5, A 6 and A 8 s t a t e s do c o r r e s pond to e x c i t e d s t a t e s in 17N, a s shown in t a b l e 1. Their uncharacteristic angular distributions, h o w e v e r , do not a l l o w an / - t r a n s f e r a s s i g n m e n t . T h e s e s t a t e s m i g h t be i d e n t i f i e d a s t h e n e g a t i v e p a r i t y s t a t e s p r e d i c t e d in t h i s r e g i o n [11,12] w h o s e c o l l e c t i v e c o m p o n e n t s in t h e w a v e f u n c t i o n s c a n n o t be s t r o n g l y p o p u l a t e d in the (3He, a) reaction. We l i k e to t h a n k C. S c h m i d t f o r v a l u a b l e h e l p in the p e r f o r m a n c e of t h e e x p e r i m e n t . One of u s (C.D.) t a k e s t h i s o p p o r t u n i t y to e x p r e s s h i s g r a t i t u d e to P r o f . W. G e n t n e r f o r the kind h o s p i t a l i t y e x t e n d e d to h i m at the M a x - P l a n c k - I n s t i t u t e .

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